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Southernization, Chinese Dynasties, Buddhism, Ming, Qing, Medieval Japan, Tokugawa, Silver Trade

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228276880Developments associated with SouthernizationCotton, gold, Malay sailors, mathematics, compass, fine spices, silk, porcelain, sugar, gunpowder, printing0
228276881Economic developments associated with Tang and Song ChinaFast-ripening rice, porcelain, gunpowder, sailing, compass, silk, laquerware1
228276882Religions of Tang and Song ChinaNestorian, Manichaeans, Zoroastrian, Muslim communities; arrival of Buddhism; neo-confucianism2
228276883Arrival of Buddhism in ChinaVia silk roads, construct small communities and temples between 100 BCE and 1000 CE3
228276884The Development of Chinese BuddhismUse taoist terms to familiarize Chinese, Chan Monastery becomes a popular school, discouraged by confucians and taoists, finally shut down in 8404
228276885Confucians VS BuddhistsFamily life/monk hood, children/celibacy, China/India, relationships/individuality, temporal (wordly)/spiritual5
228276886The Development of Neo-ConfucianismDoesn't persecute Buddhists, merges with Buddhist ideas, study Confucian and Buddhist works6
228276887Mongol cultureAssimilation, muslim in Persia, kept China civil, vassal states (Russia) lingered behind, increased global interactions7
228276888Ming (1368-1644)After Yuan; Emperor Hongwu starts, models after traditional culture, Mandarins, Eunuchs, trade and agriculture are encouraged (at first), Yongle (encyclopedia), silver only for taxes, destroys boats, falls to the Manchu invaders8
228276889Ming ExpeditionsLittle foreign trade within China, reconstruct Navy, Yongle establishes presence in Indian Ocean, Zheng He leads 7 trips, huge treasure ships, to impress others9
228276890Rise of StatesBand, tribe, chiefdom, state; states rise around 3700 BCE; population and agriculture influence gov't type10
228276891What do states have?Centralized, larger economic system (taxes), slavery, formalized laws, levels of administration, better technology, larger population11
228276892Tyranny of CousinsHonor, focus on family status, honor killings, inheritable positions12
228276893KleptocracyA state that is focused on benefits for the leaders, not benefits for the state13
228276894Iron Law of LatifundiaRich get richer and poor get poorer unless taxes are redistributed14
228276895MeritocracyThe basis of one's role in society is their own achievments15
228276896QingDual offices (Han/Manchu), essentially the same government, minority rule, conquers several other states16
228276897Tokugawa, Edo (1600-1867)Shoguns and emperors, Tokugawa Ieyasu leads, Bakufu government, regulation of Daimyo (alternate attendance), urbanization, fear of foreigners (excludes Dutch), social inversion, neo-confucians, floating worlds (red light districts), Jesuits arrive 1549, anti-Christian campaign in 161217
228276898Silver Trademined by Spanish in Americas and Japanese, China trades for silver, Portugese trade at Good Hope, Spain trades in Manila, Japan trades in Nagaski, Chinese switch to silver currency, Single Whip Tax of 1570, weakens China18
228276899Medieval Japanpopulation growth (new crops), feudal state, civil war, Daimyo and Samurai rule, Shintoism and Confucianism stay constant19
228276900Micro-IsolationIsolation of small areas due to mountainous, island, or vallied terrain (Japan)20

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